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Synonyms for decimals

Grammar : Noun
Spell : des-uh-muh l, des-muh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs ə məl, ˈdɛs məl

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Définition of decimals

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Medeival Latin decimalis "of tithes or tenths," from Latin decimus "tenth," from decem "ten" (see ten). Applied to Arabic notation before modern sense of "decimal fractions" emerged. As a noun from 1640s.
  • As in number : noun unit of the mathematical system
Example sentences :
  • It looks a little odd, you know; but the decimals can't get through a bucket.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • The title should, of course, read "to 607 Places of Decimals."
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) » by Augustus de Morgan
  • Without bothering with all these decimals, a kilometre is about five-eighths of a mile.
  • Extract from : « Asiatic Breezes » by Oliver Optic
  • With regard to decimals and units, I made a discovery which is, I think, worth stating.
  • Extract from : « Lola » by Henny Kindermann
  • Fergus knew the proportion as far as thirty-three figures in decimals.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Invention » by Edward E. Hale
  • If you reduce that to decimals, you will find it correct to the sixth decimal.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Invention » by Edward E. Hale
  • The denominator of decimals is never written, the dot placed before the first figure of the numerator expressing its value.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • It's all done with decimals—or do they call them semicolons?
  • Extract from : « The Tower of Oblivion » by Oliver Onions
  • I came home in tears because division of decimals had stumped me.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days » by Nell Speed
  • The discrepancies are due to variations in authorities and to decimals dropped.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola

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